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POLLUTION PREVENTION OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT: USDA BELTSVILLE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER
Citation:
Sobol, S. POLLUTION PREVENTION OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT: USDA BELTSVILLE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-93/008.
Description:
A pollution prevention opportunity assessment (PPOA) was performed during the spring of 1991 which identified areas for waste reduction at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), Beltsville, Maryland. he areas selected for this joint EPA/USDA study included general hazardous materials handling and usage, total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) analyses, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses. ne pollution prevention option applicable to total Kjeldahl analyses involved use of an automated nitrogen analyzer. cid and base wastes are virtually eliminated and costs for chemicals and labor are reduced significantly. ther pollution prevention options for total Kjeldahl include phenate auto analyzer, micro analysis, and alternate catalyst. ollution prevention options for HPLC included solid phase extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, solvent recovery, and column/particle size reduction. he approach used to conduct this PPOA is present in EPA's "Waste Minimization Opportunity assessment Manual" (EPA/625/7-88/003).